It is Thursday now in a week in which I had very little to do since everything was due last week. Most of the week was spent just tyring to catch up on readings and things along those lines. Kayaking on the Swan River was a blast last Friday. I was under the impression that we were going canoeing but when we showed up, River Gods, the company that we had hired had two full racks of two-people kayaks for us. While helping unloading, I spied a nice kayak with a rudder and two divided seating areas, instead of one large hallowed out area, and claimed that one for me and Will. This was Will's first time kayaking and so I let him sit in the back and do all of the steering while I acted as the workhorse in the front. It took a while for him to get the hang out it down but eventually we were cruising no problem. We spent the morning on the river, and then went to Success Hill, a park, for lunch and to listen to some city planners about conservation. After that we hopped back into our bus and headed up to the dam and hiked around there. The dam and lake created by it reminded me of the one in X2 where Wolverine was tested on. After that we drove to another park for dinner and hiked around it before eating. There was a nice lookout over all the area northeast of Perth as well as a nice waterfall. We capped off the day with a tour of an animal rescue centre where I crossed off another Australian animal that I need to see while I am here; not only did I get to see the echidna, I also got to pet it. All I have left on my list is the ever elusive platypus. That was the excitement of the weekend as I was inevitably let down by Notre Dame's football team again. I don't really care about the refs seeing as we had our chances earlier in the game and just didn't capitalize on them. Anyway this is a depressing subject even in two sentences so I will change topics.
Here Wednesday night is the night (or the most popular weekday night) to go out and I decided since I didn't have much to do today besides class this afternoon and a psych experiment this morning for a little cash, that I might as well. A group of Tommy people were going out to the Leederville Hotel and so we decided to go with as well. Definitely not as fun as advertised on the Facebook event. It was a big letdown of a night in general seeing as the bus we were supposed to take didn't show up, causing us to wait an extra half hour for the next train since we missed the one we were going to take. This caused us to wait in line outside the venue for a while. The Leedy (as it is known by locals) was actually a pretty cool venue. It was huge with a couple different environments. One was a rave type atmosphere complete with strobe lights, cages, and even a fire breather, while the other part was mostly a bar. It wasn't that fun at all so we all left after about 45 minutes there. Not one of the greatest Wednesday nights ever. Oh well. There will be others.
Spring break next week. While most other people are going to Thailand, Bali, or up the coast, I am currently/tentatively going down south with a couple of Australian friends to one of their houses on Tuesday for a couple of days. I am trying to convince Claire not to leave until noonish on Tuesday so I can watch the Monday Night Football game. I really don't want to miss the Bears-Packers game. Should be a good one and hopefully put the Pack in sole possession of first place in the division.
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